I'm still reading Elliot Roger's manifesto.
I seem to have gotten bogged down when he gets to the 18-20 year mark- his repetitious misogynist stance against all women was disturbing to read. His feelings of entitlement to sex and female attention was ridiculous, IMO.
He was a deranged lunatic. I found I needed constant "breaks" from reading it. I still want to finish it, tho'.
Of course, my need to try to understand what the heck is up with this person is what drives me to read more.
I felt he had some kind of
delusional disorder, where a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined-a real misinterpretation of perceptions and experiences. In reality, however, the situations are probably either not true at all or highly exaggerated. He never really approach a women to actually talk to them!! He wanted women to make all the "moves" towards him and fall at his feet! He fantasized about sex a lot, but maybe that's what young men think about all the time. What's really unbelievable was his unreasonable expectations, with no real input from himself. What delusions of grandeur he had. He believed he was destined for great things and thought he was magnificent- unbelievable!!
And yet, he had a lot of feelings of worthlessness and feelings of being a lonely, unwanted outcast.
He reminded me of the other college mass murderer, Seung-Hui Cho at Virginia Tech in 2007- do you remember him? So I Googled him:
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"Fellow students described Cho as a "quiet" person who "would not respond if someone greeted him." Student Julie Poole recalled the first day of a literature class the previous year when the students introduced themselves one by one. When it was Cho's turn to introduce himself, he did not speak. According to Poole, the professor looked at the sign-in sheet and found that, whereas everyone else had written out their names, Cho had written only a question mark. Poole added that "we just really knew him as the question mark kid".
Motive
During the investigation, the police found a note in Cho's room that in which he criticized "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans." In the note, Cho continued by saying that "you caused me to do this." Early reports also speculated that Cho was obsessed with fellow student Emily Hilscher and became enraged after his romantic overtures were rejected. Law enforcement investigators could not find evidence that Hilscher knew Cho. Cho and one of his victims, Ross Alameddine, attended the same English class during Autumn 2006."
He had a manifesto, also.
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Contents
"In his manifesto, Cho mentioned the Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold with respect and denigrated former teachers John Mark Karr and Debra Lafave. In one of the videos, Cho said:
'I didn’t have to do this. I could have left. I could have fled. But no, I will no longer run. It’s not for me. For my children, for my brothers and sisters that you *advertiser censored**ed, I did it for them… When the time came, I did it. I had to.' ”
http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cho-seung-hui.htm
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MASS KILLER CHO'S INSANE 'MANIFESTO'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mass-killer-chos-insane-manifesto-468306
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I found an article in the
Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And the law Online that explains these types of mass murderers. Very interesting, IMO, if you are interested:
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The “Pseudocommando” Mass Murderer: Part I, The Psychology of
Revenge and Obliteration
The pseudocommando is a type of mass murderer who kills in public during the daytime, plans his offense well in advance, and comes prepared with a powerful arsenal of weapons. He has no escape planned and expects to be killed during the incident. Research suggests that the pseudocommando is driven by strong feelings of anger and resentment, flowing from beliefs about being persecuted or grossly mistreated. He views himself as carrying out
a highly personal agenda of payback. Some mass murderers take special steps to send a final communication to the public or news media; these communications, to date, have received little detailed analysis. An offender’s use of language may reveal important data about his state of mind, motivation, and psychopathology.
Part I of this article reviews the research on the pseudocommando, as well as the psychology of revenge, with special attention to revenge fantasies. It is argued that revenge fantasies become the last refuge for the pseudocommando’s mortally wounded self-esteem and ultimately enable him to commit mass murder-suicide."
http://www.jaapl.org/content/38/1/87.full.pdf+html
"The “Pseudocommando” Mass Murderer: Part II, The Language of Revenge
In Part II of this article, forensic psycholinguistic analysis is applied to clarify the primary motivations, detect the presence of mental illness, and discern important individual differences in the final communications of two recent pseudocommandos: Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech) and Jiverly Wong (Binghamton, NY). Although both men committed offenses that qualify them as pseudocommandos, their final communications reveal striking differences in their psychopathology."
http://www.jaapl.org/content/38/2/263.full
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Found another article about his parents and family life. Thought this was interesting- about where he lived in Santa Barbara:
"He was diagnosed at an earlier age with Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism meaning he had difficulties with social interaction.
Rodger was living with roommates at the
Independent Living Institute in Santa Barbara, a facility that offers 'living skills instruction to help adults with disabilities to live more independently in their communities,' according to the website."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...owing-revenge-against-women-rejected-him.html
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It seems to me that all these murderers always blame someone else- it's never their fault!
Manifesto - Who the heck do they think they are, anyway?( Sounds like someone we know) Pftttt! :aktion1:
